Failure with QR codes for vaccination, migrants are storming Poland. The main thing for the day

How long vaccination certificates will be valid, Poland is pulling troops to the border with Belarus because of migrants, the new co-head of Tinkoff, replenishment of the list of foreign agents - the main news in the RBC review

covid certificate failure

On the morning of November 8, users of the Gosuslugi portal drew attention to the fact that citizens vaccinated against COVID-19 had their vaccination QR codes halved, from one year to six months. Shortly after that, "Gosuslugi" began to issue an error message. The Ministry of Digital Development called the incident a technical failure and promised that the QR codes would remain valid for a year.

In August, the Ministry of Health warned of a possible reduction in the validity of QR codes to six months in the event of a worsening epidemiological situation. “The QR code is valid for one year. At the same time, in the event of a worsening of the epidemiological situation, it can be limited to six months, ”the ministry said. The record for incidence was set on November 6, when 41,335 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded. Today, the operational headquarters reported 39,400 new cases of the disease. And today it became known that the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources Alexander Kozlov became infected with the coronavirus.

November 8, 11:30 Moscow time Coronavirus Russia Moscow World +39400 (per day) 8.8 million Infected 0 +1190 (per day) 248 thousand Died +4982 (per day) 1.9 million Infected 0 +97 (per day) ) 32.1 thousand Died +336074 (per day) 249.9 million Infected 0 +4430 (per day) 5 million Died Source: JHU, federal and regional headquarters for combating the virus Read more